Nothing Else Matters by Peri Elizabeth Scott
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (63 pages)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Claire and Liam had a good thing going until he walks out of her life. Being dumped without warning is devastating enough, discovering she isn’t pregnant leaves her without even a part of him. Withdrawing from everyone, she moves to another city and immerses herself in work, the better to forget Liam. Not that it’s working. Claire is a one-man woman, to her despair.

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Claire must decide what matters: her pride or taking another chance on Liam—and love.

Claire nearly fell apart when she was shockingly dumped by Liam. With her life falling apart around her and teetering on the edge, Claire finally managed to pull herself together, move to a different state and start her life up again. Only Liam has returned and life won’t ever be the same for either of them again.

In many ways this enjoyable short story feels like a throw-back to a vintage romance. Claire falls apart – mentally and physically – after a harsh and sudden break-up and her life spirals out of control. Watching her and Liam finally pick up the pieces together was interesting and very heart-wrenching. In a number of places my heart just bled for both characters – the pain and loneliness they’d both experienced and even though I’m not convinced their relationship was particularly healthy for either of them, watching them build something strong and firm together was lovely.

I genuinely questioned a few times whether Claire was a shade too dependent upon both Liam and their relationship. While I can certainly understand such a soft-hearted and giving character falling apart at the fierce ending of such an important relationship, a part of me wondered if she was a little too far out of her depth, emotionally speaking. I’m still unsure why Claire didn’t seek professional care – therapy or a group support or some other mechanism to help her cope with her issues. I fully realise the short length of the story meant some of these factors needed to be glossed over and put aside so the romance and actual relationship could be center stage – but in a few places I really did question whether Claire was healthy and acting in her own best interests.

Full of heartfelt emotion and two people who are deeply in love with each other, this is an interesting and intense love story. While I can see that it might not be every reader’s cup of tea, I found it to be heart-wrenching, deeply emotional and well worth the read.

Her Bad Boy Doctor by LM Spangler
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (42 pages)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

He was the high school bad boy … and the boy she fell in love with.

Sheriff Savannah “Savvy” Douglas fell in love with a bad boy who walked out of her life. Ten years did little to dull the feelings she had for him. But a year ago he stopped calling and texting, leaving her with nothing but questions.
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Will Savvy forgive him and give them the chance they lost out on ten years ago?

Brody might be the school bully, but when they’re both hauled to the principal’s office after a fight Savannah can see that Brody’s drunk father is very likely abusive – and that Brody, for all his apparent bad behavior, is just a lonely kid stuck in an awful situation. Then and there Savannah decides she wants to protect and help other kids like that. Years later Brody and Savannah meet up again, and this time neither of them are children anymore.

I found this to be an interesting and sexy short story. The chemistry between Brody and Savannah was intense and believable. While there was a good amount of the story dedicated to explaining how Savannah and Brody came to know each other as teenagers in their small town I felt this gave a good basis for their relationship to blossom as they re-met as adults. This also helped me find the fast pace of their romance more realistic – as they had a year of being close friends in high school as well as almost a decade of keeping in touch via text and calls since then. All together it formed a solid and realistic basis to me and helped me really feel their relationship was grounded in something more than just chemistry or sexual desire.

I was a little disappointed at how Savannah reacted to Body returning to town for her – as he had promised when they were teenagers – after not contacting her for a year. Having been in frequent contact for over nine years I could completely understand Savannah being upset, angry and hurt by Brody not communicating with her for a long time previous to his return, but I really feel she should have known Brody well enough by this stage, and should have trusted him enough, to know that there would be a painful, complicated and genuine reason for his absence in her life. I was pleased this misunderstanding was patched up and explained fairly promptly – but it felt just a little too clichéd and forced to me, a bit like the author “needed” some conflict and this was the easiest solution. It also lessened my respect for Savannah as a character – that she’d act out of anger and hurt and not try to be more mature and reasonable and trust that Brody had a decent explanation and hear him out.

Steamy and erotic, this short story packs a hell of an erotic punch. Set in an interesting small town I’d be interested to read short stories based around other characters here. Fun and sensual Savannah and Brody turned their relationship into a great story and I mostly enjoyed reading about them.

Gunny’s Elusive Target by Berengaria Brown
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (84 pages)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Gunny’s whole life has been the military. He joined the cadets at age twelve, the navy at age seventeen, and was posted overseas just after his eighteenth birthday. He cheated death so often he figured his luck was sure to run out, so now he’s retired. With no money, no qualifications, no civilian friends, no life. He wants Catherine the moment he sees her. But with no job and no desire to return to Afghanistan, he has nothing to offer her, except himself. And who’d want him?
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As a former Gunnery Sergeant, Paul Winters was used to doing what it took to get the job done, and helping out around the small complex and trailer park where he’d settled helped pay the bills. Catherine worked hard picking up odd jobs and slowly chipping away at the crushing debt her parents’ medical bills had left her with. While they both were working hard to juggle their own lives, neither could deny the attraction they felt for the other.

I found this to be a lovely, slow-burning sexy romance. I really enjoyed how the author allowed us as readers to get a good, solid feel for what both Catherine and Gunny were like as characters, as well as their own personal situations were before sparking the flame of attraction between them. I also enjoyed how both Gunny and Catherine weren’t just simplistic, two-dimensional characters. Each of them had a solid history and plenty of things outside their blossoming romance going on in their lives. This helped the story feel far richer to me, and more complex than just two people falling in love and starting a life together.

Personally, I really enjoyed the slow-burn style of romance this story showed between Gunny and Catherine. For me, considering they’d never really met or spoken, only seen each other around their apartment complex in passing, the slower pace of them getting to know each other made sense and made the relationship as a whole feel more logical and natural. I could understand though if some other readers would feel this pace is too slow – particularly for an erotic romance story. It was over half way through the story before Gunny and Catherine really started to admit their feelings for each other and even further into the story before they acted on their attraction. I felt this made the story as a whole feel more steamy or sensual – rather than erotic.

With interesting and layered characters, I really enjoyed the fact neither Catherine nor Gunny felt cookie-cutter or thinly drawn. They both felt realistic and relatable to me and I enjoyed getting to know them both and following them as they got to know each other and begin their relationship together. With a strong but small cast of secondary characters and a solid plot this was a great, quick read and one I’d happily recommend.

The Cabin by C. Tyler
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short Story (54 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Charlie didn’t get along with her father, but she’s the only one left to deal with his estate since he’s passed. Unfortunately, the cabin she grew up in isn’t empty like the lawyers said it would be. Wild-man Declan has taken up residence.

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Charlie had left her childhood town the moment she could when she was sixteen. Now a grown woman, she’s returned only to settle up his father’s cabin after his death. She’s shocked, therefore, when Declan turns up. He’s been renting the cabin from her father for over a year and since he’s been away at work for a month he had no idea her father had died. Since Declan has a lease, Charlie has no intention of throwing him out, and that would have been that – except for the fact they’re now both snowed in together.

I found this to be a really interesting, modern story. I was both relieved and pleased when Charlie didn’t have some sort of hissy fit about Declan staying in the cabin. I thought both of their reactions were completely rational, logical and – thankfully – modern. Their attraction to each other was near-instantaneous, but considering the short length of the story and the short time they expected to be thrown together I couldn’t personally fault their hasty behavior. I was pleased that the perspectives swung between Charlie and Declan as the chapters changed, this helped me see and understand everything from both their points of view and helped me as a reader to not misinterpret any of their actions.

Despite Declan and Charlie’s insta-lust with each other I was pleased they didn’t simply jump each other immediately. This helped raise the sexual tension and let me as the reader see and get on board with the chemistry sizzling between them. Readers who prefer a longer build up – or for there to be a slower burn to their erotica – won’t find that here. I really felt that both Declan and Charlie realised this was a small window of opportunity they each had and so neither wanted to wait and see how events unfolded more naturally. They were both there, snowed in and wanted each other, so the rest was a no-brainer.

I really felt the author did an amazing job wrapping up the story – while a little clichéd it still felt realistic and modern to me and I have to admit I gave a happy sigh when I got right to the end. A part of me was expecting the ending to be a little bittersweet and I was thrilled that it was both happy and believable. I thought this was an excellent way to round out Declan and Charlie’s story and was really pleased.

A hot and sexy short romp of a story – I feel this should appeal to a wide range of readers.